Senior Manager, Resource Mobilization

GDI is currently seeking a Senior Manager to join our Resource Mobilization team. GDI’s Resource Mobilization team drives all aspects of development research, strategy, cultivation and engagement, learning and communications. The Senior Manager will report to our Resource Mobilization Lead and work directly with our Portfolio and Venture Directors in two to three of our major portfolio areas such as global economic development (which includes livelihoods, youth employment), agriculture, and climate. The ideal candidate will play a key role in crafting resource mobilization strategies, developing funding pipelines, and facilitating and coordinating funder engagement efforts. The role will require creativity in seeking out new relationships while also working with GDI’s current relationships, skill in developing partnerships across funder types, and a willingness to support collaboration across portfolios to meet resource mobilization goals. The successful candidate will also play an important role building GDI’s resource mobilization systems.

Responsibilities

• Create resource mobilization strategies in 2–3 major GDI portfolio areas (usually 3-4 concepts are in active development in a portfolio at a given time)
• Facilitate efforts to develop major funding partnerships including supporting concept note and proposal development, identifying prospective funders, recommending engagement and outreach approaches across funder types, and ensuring strong collaboration in funder engagement efforts across portfolio areas
• Work directly with Resource Management Lead to upgrade and manage internal systems and processes related to planning and documenting funder cultivation efforts, developing pipeline reporting, and collecting and distributing philanthropic trends and key funder research
• Identify donor engagement opportunities to position GDI’s portfolio level work and learnings and connect with diverse funder audiences
• Develop and update portfolio level marketing assets

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of work experience in fundraising and relationship management.
• A track record of designing resource mobilization strategies, cultivating new prospects, and maintaining strategic funding relationships in at least one of our major portfolio areas
• A strategic view and ability to address complex issues creatively and effectively
• Fluency in the languages of social impact, global development, and public-private partnerships
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrated success in building collaborative relationships with both external and internal stakeholders
• Effective communicator (verbally and in writing) with ability to convey data and insights in a clear and compelling manner across a variety of development topics
• An interest in learning, a curious and entrepreneurial mindset, and a relentless drive to get things done

Note: GDI is only able to consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for an employment visa.

Location

This is fully remote work environment. Ideal candidate will be based in the Eastern Time Zone.